San Francisco Opera

Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo) San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Gino Quilico (Marcello), Stephen Dickson (Schaunard), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Sandra Pacetti (Musetta), Italo Tajo (Benoit/Alcindoro), Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze (The King of Egypt), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramphis), Francesca Garbi (Priestess) & Ernesto Gavazzi (Messenger) San Francisco Opera House, Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Alla Scala, Tiziano Severini (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director), Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (stage director)

Giuseppe Di Stefano San Francisco Opera Association Orchestra, Gaetano Merola

Jennifer Larmore (Orfeo), Dawn Upshaw (Eurydice), Alison Hagley (L'Amour) San Francisco Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Donald Runnicles

Kenneth Cox (Phanuel), Renée Fleming (Salome), Juan Pons (Herode), Dolora Zajick (Herodias), Plácido Domingo (John the Baptist), Kristin Clayton (A Babylonian maiden), Hector Vásquez (Vitellius), Alfredo Portilla (A voice in the temple), Eduardo del Campo (The High Priest) San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev

Susan Graham Featuring William Christie & les Arts Florissants, Harry Bicket & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ensemble Oriol and Malcolm Martineau, Kent Nagano & Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, San Fransisco Opera Orchestra and Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Anna-Lisa Bjorling, Jussi Bjorling San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Gaetano Merola

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Alan Titus (baritone), Julia Varady (soprano), Ezio Flagello (bass vocal), Leontyne Price (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Teresa Berganza (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass vocal), Orchestra of The Theatre National de L'Opera Paris, Chorus & Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l'Opera, Paris, Zdislawa Donat (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Boesch (baritone), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Giorgio Tozzi (bass vocal), Calvin Marsh (baritone), Roberta Peters (soprano), Margaret Roggero (mezzo-soprano), Fernando Corena (bass vocal), Robert Merrill (baritone), Cesare Valletti (tenor), Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Montserrat Caballé (soprano), The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Plácido Domingo (tenor), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Andrea Rost (soprano), London Voices, The Hanover Band, Marten Root (flute), Angela Moore (harp), Terry Edwards (director), Graham Jackson (chorus master), Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone), Bruce Ford (tenor), Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano), Paul Charles Clarke (tenor), Ryland Davies (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass vocal), Marcelo Alvarez (tenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Robert Shaw (chorus master), RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), The Philharmonia Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Orchestra Sinfonica, Turin, Rome Opera Orchestra, Anna Moffo (soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Ryland Davies (bass vocal), John McCarthy (chorus master), London Symphony Orchestra, Plácido Domingo & Leontyne Price, National Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Bo Skovhus (baritone), Michael Gläser (Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks) (chorus master), Mitglieder des Chores der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Udo Mehrpohl (Mitglieder des Chores der Bayerischen Staatsopher) (chorus master), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass vocal), Ben Heppner (tenor), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, Louise Parker (contralto), Carlotta Ordassy (soprano), Martina Arroyo (soprano), Doris Yarick (soprano), Betty Allen (mezzo-soprano), Regina Sarfaty (mezzo-soprano), Doris Okerson (mezzo-soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), George London (bass vocal), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Eileen Farrell (soprano), Sofia Festival Orchestra, Stoil Georgiev (bass vocal), Nicola Ghiuselev (bass vocal), Lyubomir Karollev (chorus master), Sofia National Opera Chorus, Hristo Kazandjiev (chorus master), Dimiter Stanchev (bass vocal), Yuri Mazurok (baritone), Margarita Lilova (mezzo-soprano), Stefka Popangelova (mezzo-soprano), Rossita Troeva-Mircheva (contralto), Michel Lecocq (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor), RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Denyce Graves (mezzo-soprano), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Staatskapelle Dresden, Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Munich Radio Orchestra, Kenneth Cox (bass vocal), Renée Fleming (soprano), San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Barry McDaniel (baritone), John Alldis (chorus master), Brian Etheridge (bass vocal), Peter Hall (tenor), Leo Goeke (tenor), John Alldis Choir, Renata Scotto (soprano), Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Symphony Orchestra Of Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini" Sir Colin Davis, Erich Leinsdorf, Lorin Maazel, James Levine, George Szell, Riccardo Chailly, Carlo Felice Cillario, Sir John Pritchard, Sir Charles Mackerras, Mark Elder, Renato Cellini, Mario Rossi, Fernando Previtali, Georges Prêtre, Zubin Mehta, Thoma

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Set Svanholm (tenor) Wilhelm Furtwängler, Gaetano Merola

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor) Edwin McArthur

Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Herbert Janssen (baritone) Victor Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Columbia Opera Orchestra, Buenos Aires Teatro Colon Orchestra, Edwin McArthur, Eugene Ormandy, Erich Leinsdorf, Roberto Kinsky

Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Bidu Sayão (Mimi), Renata Tebaldi (Butterfly), Mafalda Favero (Manon) San Francisco Association Orchestra, Gaetano Merola

Lauritz Melchior (tenor), with Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), with Frida Leider (soprano), Lotte Lehman

Kirsten Flagstad

Jussi Björling (tenor), Frederic Schauwecker (piano) AVRO Hilversum Orchestra, Orchestre de l'Opéra de San Francisco, Frieder Weissmann, Gaetano Merola

Helen Traubel (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), San Francisco Opera, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg, Alfred Wallenstein, Bruno Walter, Wilfrid Pelletier, Arturo Toscanini

Plácido Domingo (Jean), Renée Fleming (Salomé), Dolora Zajick (Hérodiade), Juan Pons (Hérode), Kenneth Cox (Phanuel), Hector Vásquez (Vitellius), Eduardo del Campo (Le Grand Prêtre), Kristin Clayton (A young Babylonian), Alfredo Portilla (Une voix) San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Nicola Ghiuselev (bass), Clifford Grant (bass), Dorothy Cole (vocals), Raymond Wolansky (baritone) San Francisco Opera Chorus, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Susan Graham (Sister Helen Prejean), John Packard (Joseph De Rocher), Frederica von Stade (Mrs. Patrick De Rocher), Theresa Hamm-Smith (Sister Rose), Jay Hunter Morris (Father Grenville) San Francisco Opera, Patrick Summers

Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm San Francisco Opera Orchestra, San Francisco Opera Company Women's Chorus, Gaetano Merola

Jussi Björling, Gösta Björling, Olle Björling. Anna-Lisa Björling, Karl Björling, Bette Björling

Mario del Monaco (Ernani), Ettore Bastianini (Don Carlo), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Margherita Roberti (Elvira), Anna di Stasio (Giovanna), Athos Cesarini (Don Riccardo), Mario Rinaudo (Jago) Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo, Fernando Previtali

Jussi Björling San Francisco Opera Association Orchestra, Gaetano Merola

Herva Nelli, Mario Del Monaco San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Gaetano Merola

Feruccio Tagliavani, Pia Tassanari San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Gaetano Merola

Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Friedrich Schorr (Wotan), Lotte Lehmann (Sieglinde), Kathryn Meisle (Fricka), Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), Emmanuel List (Hunding) Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, Fritz Reiner

Dusolina Gianni, Claramae Turner San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gaetano Merola, Pietro Cimini

Renee Fleming, Rodney Gilfry, elizabeth Futral, Anthony Dean Griffey, Judith Forst, Matthew Lord, Jeffery Lenta, Josepha Gayer Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, Andre Previn

Renée Fleming (Salomé), Dolora Zajick (Hérodiade), Plácido Domingo (Jean), Juan Pons (Hérode), Kenneth Cox (Phanuel), Hector Vásquez (Vitellius), Eduardo del Campo (Le Grand Prêtre), Kristin Clayton (Une jeune Babylonienne), Alfredo Portilla (Une voix) San Francisco Opera

Wolfgang Sawallisch, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Georg Paskuda, Josef Greindl, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, George London, Edwin McArthur, Victor Symphony Orchestra, Lauritz Melchior, Clemens Krauss, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Hans Hotter, Selmar Meyrowitz, Unknown Orchestra, Arthur Endrèze, Rosario Bourdon, Elisabeth Rethberg, Leonie Rysanek, Res Fischer, Fritz Uhl, André Cluytens, Kieth Engen, Eberhard Wächter, Ernest Blanc, Sándor Kónya, Astrid Varnay, Henry Defosse, Germaine Lubin, Erich Leinsdorf, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Norman Cordon, Lovro von Matačić, Franz Crass, Elisabeth Grümmer, Walter Süsskind, Philharmonia Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Robert Heger, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Jaro Prohaska, Margarete Klose, Maria Müller, Heinz Tietjen, Franz Völker, Eugène Bigot, Georges Thill, Carlo Sabajno, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Aureliano Pertile, Wolfgang Windgassen, Herta Wilfert, Volker Horn, Gerhard Stolze, Alfons Herwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Toni Blankenheim, Josef Traxel, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Grace Bumbry, Rose Pauly, Gré Brouwenstijn, Schöneberger Sängerknaben, Anatole Fistoulari, Victoria de los Ángeles, Franz Konwitschny, Otto Ackermann, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Régine Crespin, Leo Blech, Heinrich Schlusnus, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Max Lorenz, Herbert von Karajan, Gerhard Unger, Ira Malaniuk, Martha Mödl, Ramón Vinay, Hermann Uhde, Ludwig Weber, Werner Faulhaber, Artur Bodanzky, Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Artur Rodziński, New York Philharmonic, Helen Traubel, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Gertrude Grob-Prandl

Susan Graham

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) & Roman Patkolo (contrabass), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Kyung Wha Chung (violin), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Renée Fleming London Symophony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, André Previn

Dame Nellie Melba (soprano), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Luisa Tetrazzini (soprano), John McCormack (tenor), Emmy Destinn, Johanna Gadski, Friedrich Schorr (bass), Eva Turner, Renato Zanelli, Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), Maria Olczewska, Feodor Chaliapin (bass), Margherita Carosio, Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Conchita Supervia, Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Richard Tauber (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Victor Maurel, Francesco Tamagno, Francesco Navarrini, Mattia Battistini, Fernando de Lucia, Rosina Storchio, Alessandro Bonci, Eugenia Burzio, Giuseppe De Luca, Celestina Boninsegna, Giovanni Valls, Ricardo Stracciari, Maria Gay, Lucrezia Bori, Bernardo De Muro, Gilda Dalla Rizza, Toti Dal Monte (soprano), Ezio Pinza (bass), Miguel Fleta, Margherita Perras, Erna Berger (soprano), Henriette Gottlieb, Marcel Wittrisch, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Gino Sinimberghi, Franz Volker, Tiana Lemnitz, Frida Leider (soprano), Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Max Lorenz (tenor), Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone), Helge Roswaenge, Gerhard Hüsch, Maria Cebotari, Lotte Schöne, Alexander Kipnis (bass), Else Ruziczka, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Staatskapelle Berlin, Percy Pitt, Albert Coates, Sir Thomas Beecham, Carlo Sabajno, Robert Heger, Vincenzo Bellezza, Gustave Cloëz, Giulio Setti, Walter Goehr, Edwin McArthur, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Fritz Zweig, Alois Melichar, Leo Blech, Clemens Schmalstich, Johannes Schüler, Hanns Udo Müller, Clemens Krauss, Erich Orthmann

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Orchestra and Chorus of the Danish Radio, Renato Cellini, Gaetano Merola, Johann Hye-Knudsen

Helen Traubel (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor) San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Alfred Wallenstein

Marilyn Horne (Orlando), Susan Patterson (Angelica), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alcina), Sandra Walker (Bradamante), Jeffrey Gall (Ruggiero), William Matteuzzi, Kevin Langan Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Randall Behr (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Gino Quilico (Marcello), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Sandra Pacetti (Musetta), Stephen Dickson (Schaunard), Italo Tajo (Alcindoro/Benoit), Daniel Harper (Parpignol) Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, Tiziano Severini

Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo) San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)

Yvonne Kenny (Anna Glawari), Bo Skovhus (Danilo), Angelika Kirchschlager (Valencienne), Gregory Turay (Camille) San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Erich Kunzel

Marilyn Horne (Orlando), Susan Patterson (Angelica), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alcina), Sandra Walker (Bradamante), Jeffrey Gall (Ruggiero), William Matteuzzi, Kevin Langan Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Randall Behr (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)

Yvonne Kenny (Anna Glawari), Bo Skovhus (Danilo), Angelika Kirchschlager (Valencienne), Gregory Turay (Camille) San Francisco Opera Orchestra & San Francisco Opera Chorus and Ballet, Erich Kunzel (conductor) & Lotfi Mansouri (stage director)

Shirley Verrett (Selika), Plácido Domingo (Vasco da Gama), Ruth Ann Swenson (Ines), Justino Díaz (Nelusko), Michael Devlin (Don Pedro), Philip Skinner (Don Diego), Joseph Rouleau (Grand Inquisitor); San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Gino Quilico (Marcello), Stephen Dickson (Schaunard), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Sandra Pacetti (Musetta), Italo Tajo (Benoit/Alcindoro), Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze (The King of Egypt), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramphis), Francesca Garbi (Priestess) & Ernesto Gavazzi (Messenger) San Francisco Opera House, Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Alla Scala, Tiziano Severini (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director), Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (stage director)

Eva Marton, Matteo Manuguerra, Ludmila Semtschuk, Kurt Rydl, Margarita Lilova, Shirley Verrett (Selika), Plácido Domingo (Vasco da Gama), Ruth Ann Swenson (Ines), Justino Díaz (Nelusko), Michael Devlin (Don Pedro), Philip Skinner (Don Diego), Joseph Rouleau (Grand Inquisitor), Kevin Anderson (Alvar), Patricia Spence (Anna), Mark Delavan (High Priest of Brahma), S. Seigel (Priest) Vienna State Opera, San Francisco Opera, Adam Fischer (conductor), Filippo Sanjust (director), Maurizio Arena (conductor), Lotfi Mansouri (director)